Old Train Trestle

[RedGinger]

ORIGINAL: logueb

I'm beginning to like those creek beds also. Also, bugs don't bite over the water like they do on the bank.

It seems like stuff washes up onto creek beds. If this area had anything to do with the civil war, you might find some artifacts there, Indian too. Is it gravelly? You could shovel out the gravel from the water or creek bed and sift it. It just seems like there's more there.

 

[kastoo]

JACKPOT! WOWZER! OH YEA, I'd of beat that RR site too! Ya done good!

ORIGINAL: logueb

It's getting late and a storm is coming in. Here's a pic of what was around the bridge post. Just shook out the water and sand. The bottles out of the water in the creek are black as smut and hard to clean. These out of the sandy bottom are very clean. Maybe the sand tumbles them clean. Anyway, here's the pic. 1915 cokes, Chero Colas, lime colas etc.and a pocket knife.

 

[madman]

ILL AGREE WITH KAT, LOOKS LIKE SOME NICE SODAS WELL DONE! MIKE

 

[kastoo]

Yea man, those local city embossed 20s Lime Colas are cool and my friends and I here have not found one intact yet. I have my local waisted nugrape but it has a fish eye.

ORIGINAL: madman

ILL AGREE WITH KAT, LOOKS LIKE SOME NICE SODAS WELL DONE! MIKE

 

[JOETHECROW]

ORIGINAL: logueb

Thanks Jamie. That ol trestle hole was likely a catfish hole. The water seemed to get deeper just above the trestle then went shallow again. Fish like to gather during droughts in these deeper holes. People used to burn tires at night and night fish for catfish. I used to do this as a kid back in the day. Now days they catch you burning a car tire and they give you a fine. I'm beginning to like those creek beds also. Also, bugs don't bite over the water like they do on the bank.

Yeah,..<laughing> Penn Digger's brother, (who's a bit of a character and a helluva good guy) Here's his quote....."Yeah, didja know?....Tires don't smoke if you burn em' at night". J.B.

 

[glass man]

BET IT WAS NICE BACK THEN FISHING AT NIGHT! [AWARE THIS IS A SHIFT,BUT DANG SOME GOOD MEMORIES!] ALWAYS LOVED FROG GIGGING! WE WOULD WADE DOWN THE CREEK AT NIGHT WITH A STRONG FLASHLIGHT.[HAD NO BOAT,ONE NIGHT I STEPPED INTO A HOLE AND WENT STRAIGHT DOWN! MY DAD ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY ,CAUSE EVEN GOING DOWN,I HELD THE LIGHT STRAIGHT UP OVER MY HEAD. THE LIGHT STAYED ON! I DID NOT GET A LAUGH OUTA IT,BUT GLAD POP DID!} SHINE IT IN THE FROGS EYES AND ...WELL HOPEFULLY GIG IT! AIN'T NO WAY I COULD DO THAT NOW,AND MAN DON'T KNOW HOW WE DIDN'T GET SNAKE BIT. SEEN PLENTY OF SNAKES,BUT IT WAS JUST NATURAL A THING TO DO,NO FEAR! MAN THOSE WERE SOME GREAT TIMES WITH MY DAD OR COUSINS! HOPE YOU GET MORE BOTTLES FROM THERE! JAMIE

 

[zanes_antiques]

Cool post. One of my first dig was a shore pier embankment. Anytime you find a bucketfull of bottles its a good day.

 

[logueb]

Thanks for the replies guys. Went back yesterday and the rains had the creek flooded, must have been up two feet or more. Oh well, just my luck. Will just have to sit back and wait to see if it drops back down between now and winter. Here's a pic of what I brought home fron the trestle and bridge.

 

[logueb]

I had forgotten about this piece in the bottom of the bucket. Looks like maybe a piece of a locomotive. Measures about 6" by 10" and probably weighs about 10 lbs. I'm figuring that it's cast iron. Maybe some type of door or cover. I'm going to put the wire wheel grinder on it to see if will clean up some.

 

[logueb]

Well it cleaned up some. 100 years of rust is hard to remove. Don't you just like the way something as simple as this piece was made with such detail a century ago. Great detail was included in the mold. Didn't find any markings yet.